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Boundaries and secession in Africa and international law : challenging uti possidetis / Dirdeiry M. Ahmed.
LIBRA KZ3684.5.A37 A36 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ahmed, Dirdeiry M., 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Customary law, International.
- Boundaries.
- Africa--Boundaries.
- Africa.
- Customary law, International--Africa.
- Uti possidetis (International law).
- State succession.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 292 pages : illustration, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- The Frontier Dispute case and applying uti possidetis to africa
- The rule of intangibility of inherited frontiers
- The conventional obligation to respect the territorial status quo
- The customary rule of respecting the territorial status quoce
- The changes made in international law by the African custom
- Current justifications for secession in Africa
- Domination as a possible instance for a right to external self-determination
- Towards a right to egalitarian self-determination
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Based on author's thesis (Doctoral - University of Leicesester, 2013) under title: The African territorial regime : establishing its customary existence and arguing for its augmentation by a right to egalitarian secession
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107117983
- 1107117984
- OCLC:
- 910914879
- Online:
- Cover image
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